Wycliffe Gordon Quartet
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011• 7:30pmDrake University Sheslow Auditorium • Jordan Stage
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone, enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, composer, arranger, educator, and conductor, receiving high praise and multiple awards and honors from audiences and critics alike. Gordon tours the world bringing hard-swinging, straight- ahead jazz to audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. In addition, Gordon is rapidly becoming one of America’s most persuasive and committed music educators, and currently serves on the faculty of the Jazz Arts Program at Manhattan School of Music.
